Physics

"In The Quantum Theory of Fields Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg combines his exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition to provide a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to quantum field theory." — From the dust jacket

"This book provides a thorough description of classical electromagnetic radiation, starting from Maxwell's equations and moving on to show how fundamental concepts are applied in a wide variety of examples from areas such as classical optics, antenna analysis, electromagnetic scattering, and particle accelerators. Theoretical and experimental results are interwoven throughout to help give insight into the physical and historical foundations of the subject." — From the back cover

"For almost two decades, Sidney Coleman has been giving review lectures on frontier topics in theoretical high-energy physics at the International School of Subnuclear Physics held each year at Erice, Sicily. This volume is a collection of some of the best of these lectures. To this day they have few rivals for clarity of exposition and depth of insight. Although every popular when first published, many of the lectures have been difficult to obtain recently. Graduate students and professionals in high-energy physics will welcome this collection by a master of the field." — From the back cover

"Projective geometry is one of the most fundamental and at the same time most beautiful branches of geometry. It can be considered the common foundation of many other geometric disciplines like Euclidean geometry, hyperbolic and elliptic geometry or even relativistic space-time geometry. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating field and its applications." — From the back cover

"This highly praised introductory treatment describes the parallels between statistical physics and finance - both those established in the 100-year long interaction between these disciplines, as well as new research results on financial markets." — From the back cover

"In the 1990s it was realized that quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science. This book is a concise introduction to quantum computation, developing the basic elements of this new branch of computational theory without assuming any background in physics." — From the back cover

"It is so wonderful when a concept that is generally considered to be a problem, turns out to lead to elegant solutions instead. When studying Multivalue Fields, this is probably one of the first impressions you will have." — F.M.C. Witte, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, as quoted on the back cover

"The idea of chaos figures prominently in mathematics today. It arose in the work of one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th century, Henri Poincaré, on a problem in celestial mechanics: the three body problem. This ancient problem—to describe the paths of three bodies in mutual gravitational interaction—is one which is simple to pose buy impossible to solve precisely." — From the back cover

"This book is the first to give a comprehensive account of the subject of spin glasses and will provide a valuable overview and reference to both newcomers and experts in the field." — From the back cover

"The pages of Mathematical Constants abound in thousands of tales about numbers. This book is an amazing piece of erudition destined to fascinate the novice, puzzle the exerpt, and trigger the imagination of all." — the late Philippe Flajolet, renowned computer scientist

"This book develops the theory of partitions. Simply put, the partitions of a number are the ways of writing that number as sums of positive numbers. For example, the five partitions of 4 are 4, 3+1, 2+2, 2+1+1, and 1+1+1+1." — From the back cover

"This second edition of Baumann's Mathematica® in Theoretical Physics shows readers how to solve physical problems and deal with their underlying theoretical concepts while using Mathematica® to derive numeric and symbolic solutions." — From the back cover

"GEOMETRY, TOPOLOGY AND PHYSICS introduces the ideas and techniques of differential geometry and topology at a level suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in these fields." — From the back cover

"Now available in paperback, this celebrated book has been prepared with readers' needs in mind, remaining a systematic treatment of the subject whilst retaining its vitality. This second volume follows on from the first, concentrating on stochastic integrals, stochastic differential equations, excursion theory and the general theory of processes." — From the back cover

"in the the ten years since the first edition of this book appeared, integral equations and integral operators have revealed more of their mathematical beauty and power to me. Therefore, I am pleased to have the opportunity to share some of these new insights with the readers of this book." — Rainer Kress, Author, in the Preface to the Second Edition

"Ever since the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton introduced quaternions in the nineteenth century—a feat he celebrated by carving the founding equations into a stone bridge—mathematicians and engineers have been fascinated by these mathematical objects." — From the back cover

"This monograph addresses graduate students and researchers working in related disciplines looking for an approachable but thorough introduction to the field of condensed matter physics." — From the back cover

"The book provides an introduction to stochastic calculus and stochastic differential equations, in both theory and applications, emphasising the numerical methods needed to solve such equations." — From the back cover

"Ever since the first edition went out of print, I have been approached by people asking how to get a copy. So, I'm glad that the AMS agreed to do this reprinting in the Chelsea series. The material has worn well, and if I were writing about this today, I wouldn't change much. There have been many developments over the past thirty years—after the index, I've added a brief bibliographic note on some of these developments." — Barry Simon, Author, in the Preface to the Second Edition (page vii)

"Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focusing on basic physical aspects. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or the molecular theory of gases is assumed. Illustrative examples based on simple materials and photon systems elucidate the central ideas and methods." — From the back cover

"Mathematics plays an important role in many scientific and engineering disciplines. This book deals with the numerical solution of differential equations, a very important branch of mathematics." — From the back cover

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